Børre vs Truls
Børre and Trulscompared on official birth-registration statistics and Namewise's recorded data. This page states what each name's record shows — it never picks a winner or scores one name against the other.
Head to head
Ranks are only compared within one published list and one year. Two ranks from different years, from a boys' and a girls' list, or from different registrars are not comparable, so they are not placed side by side.
Norway · Boys
In 1984, Børre was ranked #609 and Truls #207 among boys in Norway.
Børre and Truls over time
Børre and Truls appear together in 1 published list, across 40 years of shared records. Truls held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Børre in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Truls reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Børre in none. Each position is a place inside its own list, so this compares when they peaked and never how high.
Counted list by list. Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale in the same year, so those comparisons are real — but positions from different lists are not, so nothing here is combined into an overall standing.
How this pair is related
The relationship kinds these two qualify for, each under its own stated rule. Every one is drawn from a list they both appear in.
- Repeatedly exchanged positions
Børre and Truls changed places 6 times in Norway · Boys between 1945 and 1984, ending at #609 and #207.
- Longest-running competitions
Børre and Truls were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 40 years, from 1945 to 1984, ending at #609 and #207.
List by list
Norway · Boys40 shared years, 1945–1984
Børre held the stronger position in 4 of those years, Truls in 36.
Highest recorded here: Børre #141 in 1969, Truls #117 in 1964.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 1984: Børre #609, Truls #207.
Two names moving past each other in a ranking is a fact about the ranking. Namewise does not claim one name displaced the other, that families chose between them, or that either influenced the other — none of that is in this data.
Side by side
| Field | Børre | Truls |
|---|---|---|
| Record type | Official statistical record (evidence-only) | Official statistical record (evidence-only) |
| Gender usage | male | male |
| Meaning | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Origin | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Pronunciation | Not yet recorded | |
| Syllables | 1 | 1 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Boys #609 (1984) | Norway · Boys #256 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 94/100 | 94/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Børre and Truls both have 1 syllable.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Børre
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #198 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–1984
Highest recorded position: #141 among boys in Norway, in 1969 (recorded 1945–1984).
Norway · Boys
Most recent1984
Most recently recorded at #609 among boys in Norway, in 1984.
Norway · Boys
Truls
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #138 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2025
Highest recorded position: #91 among boys in Norway, in 2001 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #256 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys